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BME sees rise in repo trades for Q1 2019
26 April 2019 Madrid
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

A total of 553 trades with fixed-income securities (repos) were cleared by BME in the first quarter of 2018, up 3.9 percent year-on-year

Intesa Sanpaolo joins Euroclear’s single CSD platform
25 April 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Intesa Sanpaolo has partnered with Euroclear on its single CSD platform

Consolo appoints new SFTR analyst
25 April 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Securities finance consultancy Consolo has appointed James Langlois as a Securities Financing Transactions Regulation analyst

Claire McKinlay Reilly joins Morgan Stanley
25 April 2019 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Morgan Stanley has appointed Claire McKinlay Reilly as vice president of securities lending and Carmen Arguedas as executive director of bank resource management

State Street reports securities finance revenue drop
24 April 2019 Boston
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

State Street has published its figures for Q1 2019, which reports a 16 percent decrease in securities finance revenue compared to Q1 2018

Simon Davies joins Pirum
23 April 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Simon Davies has joined the business development team at Pirum and will be responsible for representing all products

Short selling ban on Wirecard expires
23 April 2019 Munich
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The short selling ban on Wirecard has expired following the halt put in place in February by BaFin

IBKR sees drop in securities lending interest income
23 April 2019 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Securities lending interest income saw a decrease of 12 percent in Q1 2019 compared to Q1 2018, according to IBKR

Fidelity immune from improper stock lending lawsuit
23 April 2019 Massachusetts
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The First Court of Appeals has deemed Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC immune from a lawsuit alleging improper stock lending activities based on an immunity provision in the Bank Secrecy Act

Citi expands its ETF custody and fund services
17 April 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Citi has expanded its ETFs custody and fund services to include EMEA domiciled ETFs, following the expansion of its ETF services platform in the US, Latin America and Asia

Lyft sees spike in shares on loan
17 April 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Lyft sees 12.1 million shares on loan, the most following the IPO after briefly dipping last week

BlackRock sees securities lending revenue decrease
17 April 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BlackRock’s investment advisory, administration fees and securities lending revenue decreased $142 million from Q1 2018, according to the firm’s 2019 Q1 report